"Why do they [write] for their money? Why do they [work] for short pay? They ain't getting nowhere and they're losing their share. They must have gone crazy back there." — Michael Burton (paraphrased)
By MONTE DUTTON Tyler Huff at Furman (Furman photo) Click here. The best, and only decent, football game played on Friday was the only bowl contested between conference champions.The Mid-America titlist, Ohio University, defeated Conference USA’s Jacksonville State, 30-27. Ex-Furman QB Tyler Huff led a furious comeback after the Gamecocks trailed 27-7 at halftime.That Huff …
Continue reading Furmanology: Huff falls short in finale; Paladins off to Harvard
By MONTE DUTTON Tyler Huff as a Paladin (Furman photo) Click here. The transfer protocol creates a lot of cultural exchange.Even if an athlete remains at one school for his entire career, he knows athletes … everywhere.Tyler Huff, who spent three years quarterbacking at Presbyterian and two at Furman, was fantastic in Friday’s 30-27 Jacksonville …
Continue reading County Signs: Mobility has a different meaning
Nick Anderson led Furman with 21 points (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Montreat put a scare in Furman for most of a half, but Furman’s depth and versatility enabled the Paladins to pull away to a 100-75 victory over Montreat in a Wednesday-night home game at Davis Field House on the Bob Jones University campus.Guard …
Continue reading Furmanology: Paladins overcome slow start, 100-75
By MONTE DUTTON Quadir Pettaway drives past VUL's Jacob Newman (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. It’s so ridiculous.I can’t remember which movie or TV show that expression came from.Presbyterian College plays many men’s basketball games against teams it is unlikely to beat. Miami last week. South Carolina next week. They pay good money, for one …
Continue reading County Signs: Hose find little fire in Dragons, 116-53
By MONTE DUTTON Ben Vander Wal (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Man, the Clemson-Carolina game, won by the Gamecocks in overtime, was the first of many I expect see this season.n One never knows, but neither of the ones today is likely to be one. Presbyterian's playing Virginia University of Lynchburg this afternoon in Clinton. …
By MONTE DUTTON Maison Tinsley (13) and Brett Young (10) (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Considerable evidence exists that I watch too much TV.I mention commercials that I’ve seen approximately a hundred times that others seem to have never seen.My knowledge is broad-based. They are gleaned from major-college football games, minor-college football games and reruns …
Continue reading County Signs: I try to be unaffected by commercials
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. On Thursday, I got up at dawn and got done after midnight.On Saturday, I got up at dawn and got done after midnight.In between, I left the house once but spent the majority of the day and night writing and laying out and selecting photos. I stayed …
By MONTE DUTTON Eddrin Bronson (2) guards S.C. State's Michael Teel (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. When a team gets off to a fast start, it cultivates a sense of destiny. No amount of adversity is too difficult to overcome.On Saturday at Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Furman lost leading scorer PJay Smith Jr. to a …
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. A nice man working the Columbia College-Presbyterian men’s basketball game – noon on Education Day at Clinton’s Templeton Center on Wednesday – befriended me. We had a chat in the parking lot, where he was guarding the staff lot near the back door.I usually like the men and …
Continue reading Furmanology: Sometimes a fellow can go too far
By MONTE DUTTON The kids loved every second (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Maybe Presbyterian College ought to play all its basketball games in the daytime.While the men’s team was obliterating Columbia College at Templeton Center on Wednesday, the women were winning their first game of the season in Durham, N.C.It was Education Day at …
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